Hamilton
Hamilton serves as both its capital and commercial centre of Bermuda . The city's heart is located in Front Street, a harbour front road lined with turn of the century Victorian buildings in bright pastel lemon, lime, apricot and sky blue. Many buildings have overhanging verandas, where you can linger over lunch and watch boats ferry across the harbour.
Royal Naval Dockyard
When the British were no longer able to use ports in their former colonies, they chose this site as their ‘ Gibraltar of the West'. In addition to the Bermuda Maritime Museum , you can pass a pleasant hour or two strolling about the Dockyard grounds.
The fort is built of limestone blocks in Georgian style and was first used by the British Navy as a base to launch their raid in Washington DC in 1814. It later served as a North Atlantic base during the Second World War but was abandoned in 1951. Since then the buildings have been renovated.
South Shore Park
This coastal reserve protects some of Bermuda 's finest beaches. A coastal trail runs through the park, linking a series of coves and bays divided by craggy rocks. The 12 beaches range from medium sized to half moon bays like Horseshoe Bay to postage stamp sized inlets like Peel Rock Cove.
St. George
This unspoilt town overlooks St. Georges Harbour and was Bermuda 's first capital and remains a sightseeing hotspot. Steeped in period charm as befits a place that was Britain 's second settlement in the New World , many of its original twisting alleyways and colonial era buildings remain intact.
Attractions include Kings Square , where the attractive Town Hall overlooks the pillory and stocks once used to publicly chastise those who offended colonial mores.
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